weakpass
Weakpass rule-based online generator to create a wordlist based on a set of words entered by the user. (by zzzteph)
dumb-password-rules
Shaming sites with dumb password rules. (by duffn)
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| weakpass | dumb-password-rules | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | |
| 140 | 2,751 | |
| - | 0.6% | |
| 4.1 | 6.7 | |
| 9 months ago | 9 days ago | |
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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weakpass
Posts with mentions or reviews of weakpass.
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dumb-password-rules
Posts with mentions or reviews of dumb-password-rules.
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- Ask HN: Website with worst UX or Registration experience
- I would like to take a moment to password shame Westpac (a BANKING app) where you only get 6 characters for your password (not minimum ONLY 6)
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Ah yes Security
Here is a compilation of the best stuff: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
- Ritengo debba esserci un posto speciale in un qualche girone dantesco per coloro che stabiliscono simili esoterici criteri per impostare una password (feat. Poste SPID)
- dumb-password-rules: Shaming sites with dumb password rules.
- Dumb Password Rules
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Flutter Password Validator plugin
Here are some really egregious examples but even the "must contain uppercase, lowercase, number and special character" rules are pretty bad. You don't add much additional security because people will just make the first character uppercase, and append 1, ! or whatever. Or worse you'll force them to write it down.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing weakpass and dumb-password-rules you can also consider the following projects:
Password Compat - Compatibility with the password_* functions that ship with PHP 5.5
hashtopolis - Hashtopolis - A Hashcat wrapper for distributed hashcracking
wpa2-wordlists - A collection of wordlists dictionaries for password cracking
DSInternals - Directory Services Internals (DSInternals) PowerShell Module and Framework
Whaler - Program to reverse Docker images into Dockerfiles
many-passwords - Default credentials list. 🐱💻 Leave a star if you like this project! (that motivates me)⭐️
devise-security - A security extension for devise, meeting industry-standard security demands for web applications.
zxcvbn - Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation